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Set Cost Of Abbey Siege MADISON, Wis., (UPI) - The State Patrol said Wednesday the cost of maintaining troopers at Gresham, Wis., during the Indian occupation of the Alexian Brothers Novitiate was $286,327. The Wisconsin National Guard also updated a preliminary figure given earlier. ""The estimate we have right now is $540,000 and climbing,"" said Donald Erickson, guard information officer. ""They're estimating the possibilty of another $10,000 but that could be very high,"" Erickson said. He said he hoped most of the bills would be accounted for by the end of the month. Col. Louis Versnik, head of the State Patrol, said the $286,327 included $104,573 in regular salaries, mileage and expenses, and $181,754 in overtime and additional expenses. Versnik said the overtime and additional expenses included $156,647 in overtime salaries, $12,572 for lodging, $8,151 in additional mileage. and $4,382 for incidental equipment and supplies and vehicle maintenance. Versnik said a total of 240 members of the State Patrol were stationed at Gresham during the 37-day occupation of the novitiate by the Menominee Warriors Society. The number of men at the scene varried from 25 New Year's Day, the first day of the occupation, to 75 on Feb. 3 when the building was evacuated. The troop strength of the National Guard varried from 400 on Jan. 7, the day after Gov. Patrick J. Lucey called out the guard to 825 the final weekend of the occupation. Erickson said included in the latest preliminary figure was $472,300 in wages, $34,200 in rations, $15,400 in vehicle expenses, $3,200 in helicopter expenses and $14,000 in incidental costs. The evacuation followed an agreement Feb. 2 between the band of Menominee Indians and the Roman Catholic order from Chicago under which the Indians won for their tribe the novitiate and 237 acres of land for $1 plus ""other considerations.""

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Set Cost Of Abbey Siege MADISON, Wis., (UPI) - The State Patrol said Wednesday the cost of maintaining troopers at Gresham, Wis., during the Indian occupation of the Alexian Brothers Novitiate was $286,327. The Wisconsin National Guard also updated a preliminary figure given earlier. ""The estimate we have right now is $540,000 and climbing"" said Donald Erickson, guard information officer. ""They're estimating the possibilty of another $10,000 but that could be very high"" Erickson said. He said he hoped most of the bills would be accounted for by the end of the month. Col. Louis Versnik, head of the State Patrol, said the $286,327 included $104,573 in regular salaries, mileage and expenses, and $181,754 in overtime and additional expenses. Versnik said the overtime and additional expenses included $156,647 in overtime salaries, $12,572 for lodging, $8,151 in additional mileage. and $4,382 for incidental equipment and supplies and vehicle maintenance. Versnik said a total of 240 members of the State Patrol were stationed at Gresham during the 37-day occupation of the novitiate by the Menominee Warriors Society. The number of men at the scene varried from 25 New Year's Day, the first day of the occupation, to 75 on Feb. 3 when the building was evacuated. The troop strength of the National Guard varried from 400 on Jan. 7, the day after Gov. Patrick J. Lucey called out the guard to 825 the final weekend of the occupation. Erickson said included in the latest preliminary figure was $472,300 in wages, $34,200 in rations, $15,400 in vehicle expenses, $3,200 in helicopter expenses and $14,000 in incidental costs. The evacuation followed an agreement Feb. 2 between the band of Menominee Indians and the Roman Catholic order from Chicago under which the Indians won for their tribe the novitiate and 237 acres of land for $1 plus ""other considerations.""

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